You'll have to forgive me, I spent most of the morning thinking and writing about VR. In the lead-up to Apple's expected headset announcement at WWDC next week, I did a one-person crash course into th...
As Apple rumors go, the long-rumored 15-inch MacBook Air sounds almost certain to be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next week. But as Apple's plans take shape, it also seems poss...
A California bill that would require a trained human safety operator to be present any time a heavy-duty autonomous vehicle operates on public roads in the state is getting traction. The bill, first i...
The tourist industry is bouncing back after a rough couple of pandemic-stressed years, and in the case of some tourism and travel startups, its momentum is coming in at a pace that's defying the even ...
Many founders start their companies because they're looking to build a career around finding a solution to a problem or pain point. Scientists are no different, and yet, you don't see as many scientis...
Say hello to the second worst kept secret in VR. Meta today gave the world the first (official) glimpse of its latest headset, the Quest 3. The mixed reality hardware was shown off this morning ahead ...
[photo1]Paresh DaveComputer scientist Pascale Fung can imagine a rosy future in which polyglot AI helpers like ChatGPT bridge language barriers. In that world, Indonesian store owners fluent only in l...
By the time Howard Rheingold's "Virtual Reality" was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a "slowly deteriorating" relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor's West Los Angel...
We still see regular updates on the calamitous fallout of the 2020 collapse of Wirecard, the now-insolvent fintech out of Germany that had built an elaborate house of cards on false accounting and mur...
On Tuesday, Elon Musk commenced his high-stakes visit to China, marking his first since before the COVID-19 pandemic. In an era of decoupling, the Tesla CEO stands out as one of the very few Silicon V...
Two weeks ago, Toyota said it exposed the data of more than two million customers to the internet for a decade. Today, the automotive giant said it recently discovered the data of another 260,000 car ...
[photo1]Abdullah Shihipar Alexandra CollinsOver the past two weeks, Minnesota and Vermont took steps to explicitly legalize, fund, and expand drug-checking resources. These are major developments for ...
The IPCC, has said the world needs to remove 10 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by 2050 in order to avoid a climate cataclysm. And, yes, there are now multiple methods for carbo...
Twitter's value has reportedly dropped to about $15 billion, slightly more than one-third of the $44 billion that Elon Musk paid for it in late October 2022. The $15 billion valuation is based on Fide...
Look closely at your barbell the next time you're in a gym. Much of the surface is roughed up with a diamond pattern. This is called the knurling, and it helps your grip. But near the ends of the hand...
The concepts of multiverses and people traveling from one reality to another existed long before Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. But the 2018 animated feature did such a tremendous job of using tho...
Now that it's unofficially summer, you're probably wondering which cute, sassy wine drink will finally topple frose from its throne. Although this frosty beverage requires a little more of a trust-fal...
After expanding its footprint in manufacturing smartphones and other tech devices, India is looking to become the electronics repair capital of the world, taking the crown from China and Malaysia, whi...
Hello, friends!If you are a founder looking to raise your first external capital or your startup is a bit farther down the line, you need to know what's going on in the world of venture capital. Don't...
When the lights go out in a blackout, or we find ourselves far away from normal power sources, our phone's remaining charge suddenly becomes the most important thing in our lives. If you've thought ah...